Series preview: First Mets look at the national teams in DC

The New York Mets (18-7) could not have started the season much better. Carlos Mendozas After a 7-0 home level, the team goes back onto the street that swept the series over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies. Francisco Lindor During this route, 14 hits and four homes were collected, one of which was a walk-off.

Next for the Mets are the Washington National (11-14), a young team led by the prospective star James Wood. Let’s take a look at the four pitching matchups for this series.

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Pitching matchups

• Friday: Kodai Senga (3-1, 0.79 era) vs. Jake Irvin (2-0, 3.68 ERA): Senga is currently in the middle of a 17th 2/3 consecutive goalless innings. His fastball/forkball combination with four sea relief causes problems for opposing rackets, the latter being particularly excellent. Senga has 14 strikes with its characteristic pitch, with all three goals against the singles. He will start his third career against the Nationals. He went with an ERA of 2.45 in the first two 0: 1. In his second full season, Irvin is in the rotation of the Nationals after making a career high of 33 starts in 2024. The right -handed man has a mix with four tits, mainly with a curve ball and a fast ball with four souls. Irvin struggled with the long ball early on and gave up six homes over his first five excursions.
• Saturday: Clay Holmes (2-1, 3.16 era) vs. Brad Lord (0-2, 4.73 ERA): Holmes has started to calm down in his new role in his new role after he had to deal with some bumps and bruises in his first starts. The former reliever threw the last time against the St. Louis Cardinals six Innings on April 20. Holmes will only appear his fifth career appearance against the Nationals. The Mets will take their first look at Lord on Saturday. His pitch mix includes the strong use of his fastball with four sea emotions, which throws him over 58 percent of the time through six appearances. Lord also has a sink, a slider and a change in his arsenal. At the beginning of this season, he has not thrown more than 4 1/3 innings.
• Sunday: Tylor Megill (3-2, 1.09 era) vs. Mitchell Parker (3-1, 1.39 ERA): Megill continues to thrive less than a month of the season. He has taken five starts and allowed two deserved runs or less in each of them. On Monday he had 10 strike outs against the Philadelphia Phillies at the height of the season. The only thing that escapes him is the consistent length that the next step is for him. It is not a large sample size, but Parker has shown signs that he made a significant leap forward in his second full season. He has five quality starts, with which Houston Astros tied the most in baseball. Jäger Brown. Parker is 0: 1 with a 9.31-e-in two career starts against the Mets.
• Monday: Griffin Canning (3-1, 3.12 era) vs. Trevor Williams (1-2, 5.11 era): Canning continues to surprise almost everyone in a METS uniform. After a rough term of office with the Los Angeles Angels, the right -handed man with his new team looked like a completely different starter. Canning won his last two starts and played on an ERA of 1.64 during this time. The team is also 4: 1 with him on the hill. Williams, a former Met, is the veteran of National Rotation. His total numbers are not good, but mostly that is due to a bad start against Miami Marlins on April 12th. In each of his last two starts, Williams has allowed a run and thrown a total of 10 innings over the route.

What is the story?

Francisco Alvarez And Jeff McNeil Are back and outside the injured list and will celebrate your Saisond culture in DC this weekend. Alvarez and McNeil will try to achieve an immediate effect.

Luis Torrens has earned additional playing time with his offensive and defense in the catcher position. The same applies to it Luisangel AcuñaThe meters supplied with speed and strong defense on the second basis. If Alvarez and McNeil want to regain their everyday roles or something near these positions, it will certainly help to get into a rhythm.

FORECAST

The nationals are 7-5 at home. This includes series victories over the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers. I expect you to prove to be a difficult opponent this weekend. Apart from that, the meters are red and get important reinforcements to start this series.

Alvarez and McNeil have a few high-quality AT-Bats as Juan Soto Return to DC with his new team and lead you to another series victory. The Mets take three out of four and expand their leadership at the top of the NL east.